(Singer) Prince dies at 57

[ChocoBro]

Prince has died aged 57 at his estate in Minnesota.

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BREAKING NEWS: Prince is dead - Body found at Minnesota estate days after he was rushed to hospital with severe flu

 

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3552300/Fatality-Prince-s-estate-Minnesota-days-musician-rushed-hospital.html

 

[pnutts]

Just saw this myself on CBC news. Crime Lab and M.E. office called. Only info posted on CBC so far.

Edited April 21, 2016 by pnutts

[zoebarry]

Wow, hope to see him soon in Paradise!

 

Link to article

[Tortuga]

Merge.....

[Loje]

Yep, confirmed here too.  He passed away at Paisley Park, 20 minutes away from me.

[Hope]

so sad.  i had the opportunity to meet him twice when the Memorial was held at Paisley Park in 2003 and 2004.  a very nice man... and an incredible musician.  

[Skye]

I'm sad to read this. May Jehovah remember our dear brother in the resurrection!

[Allabord4Jah]

I just saw the headlines, wow, I heard he went into a hospital not to long ago.  So Sorry to hear he passed away.  Well, yes, your right...paradise will be there for him! 

[Trina]

I'm glad we have the hope of resurrection. 

[rocket]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/21/entertainment/prince-estate-death/index.html

[Sunnyside]

Sad

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[vern]

wonder where the memorial will be.....

[stuagu]

Another brother in Jehovahs memory . Sad 

[Tbs77]

Another merge?

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[Tortuga]

We have a trinity of topics about this...

[zoebarry]

I wonder if a Memorial will be held at his Kingdom Hall......

 

What a Witness it would be,  and can you imagine the mass of celebrities that would attend?

 

Praise Jehovah's name!

 

[acm2625]

Hey I saw on the news Prince the singer died at 57 and I wanted to know if he was one of our Brothers?

[vern]

 would have to be small and private if at a kingdom hall.

If his family wants to make it more less private then they would obviously have to rent some big place somewhere.   I don't even know if he has a family.....
 

[Tbs77]

From a dear brother:

"I know you just wined, dined and bedazzled her, but with the potential of the resurrection in play... watch that next drink she brings you! 😂😂😂😂😂"

Recently had anniversary.

BB King's in NYC circa 2009:

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[Shawnster]

A friend I've known for a long time from various Witness DBs is actually in the congregation Prince was assigned to.  Their Kingdom Hall has so much press coverage that they are moving the meeting tonight to another location.  Right now they do not know what happened and are instructed to tell the media that they are not in a position to comment at all at this time.  

 

Someone else on this sister's Facebook feed commented that they just saw Prince at the Memorial last month.

[Beggar for the Spirit]

This is something interesting that I had never heard.

In 1 of the CNN clips from Brother Lynn's post, there is a brief interview with "Latoya Jackson"

and she speaks of knowing Prince since she was young, even roller skating together with him.

But she also said this to the host of CNN:

 

"You know he was a Jehovah's Witness?  he studied with certain members in the family"

 

So I wonder who in the "Jackson family" studied with him, it sounds like maybe several members did?

But I wonder if she is referring to Prince studying when he was very young with certain Jackson family members?

And then in later years he studied with the brother who was also a musician who helped him to baptism?

[Shawnster]

Let's try to steer clear of speculating on Prince's current standing with the congregation.  We really do not know as much about famous celebrities as we think or feel that we do.  Unless we know them personally, everything we see, hear or read is filtered through various lenses before it gets to us.  

[rocket]

 

 

As I understand it, Prince studied the Truth with Larry Graham. I don't know what his status in the Congregation at the time of Death but it's Jesus job to judge anyway. The video above is from 1999. One can appreciate the changes he made in his life since then. 

[Tbs77]

Starting this off with a big just kidding... Sent this to my bros:

Hope I don't pray tonight... I might breakout a... "dearly beloved we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life..."

Sorry, couldn't resist...

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[Monique]

I was watching "The Situation Room" on CNN; earlier in the one of the guests was one of Barry Gordy's sons (I forgot his name) was asked about Prince becoming a Jehovah's Witness, and he related how one morning he heard a knock on the door and when he opened the door he saw Prince dressed very colorful with mixed-matched shoes. Prince recognized him and asked what was he does here. Gordy told him he lives there, then asked what was he doing here. Gordy then gave a silly response how Prince said he was in the neighborhood and came by to ask if he would like to become a Jehovah's Witness. Obviously that not what he could have said, but people tend get to get facts wrong when Witnesses are involved.